Production and processing of yellow mealworm into protein meal, insect products and organic by-products
ENTAVA GmbH
Roggentin (18184)New on Amplifa
About ENTAVA
ENTAVA GmbH (until 2022 INOVA Protein GmbH) is an AgriTech company from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that emerged from the environment of the University of Rostock. The company breeds the yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) in a 720 m² production facility in Roggentin and processes it automatically into high-quality protein meal. This serves as a raw material for downstream industries in the fields of human nutrition and medical animal nutrition. In addition to protein meal, the portfolio includes live mealworms and Zophobas, dried insects and insect mix, insect purée in cans, as well as the by-products organic insect fertiliser (end substrate) and chitin-containing beetle shells as a raw material for chitin/chitosan. Together with the University of Rostock, a proprietary feed mixture was developed, and an innovative breeding strategy increases the fitness of the insects. Customers include Zoo Rostock, Tropenhaus Bansin, Vogelgarten, Vogelpark Marlow and STAEMMLER Kompost und Erden.
- Site
- Roggentin
- Processes
- Production of protein meal from yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor), Breeding and sale of live mealworms and Zophobas, Production of dried insects and insect mix, Insect purée in cans, Organic insect fertiliser (end substrate), Chitin-containing beetle shells as chitin/chitosan raw material, Factory outlet
- Materials
- Yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor), Insect protein meal, Organic end substrate, Chitin-containing beetle shells
- Founded
- 2020
- Industries
- Human nutrition, Pet food, Medical animal nutrition, Agriculture (fertiliser), Cosmetics/biotechnology (chitin/chitosan), Cosmetics/biotechnology (chitin/chitosan buyers)
- 01
Breeding of the yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
- 02
Feeding with a proprietary feed mixture developed with the University of Rostock
- 03
Automated harvesting and processing
- 04
Production of protein meal, dried insects and insect purée
- 05
Processing of end substrate into fertiliser and beetle shells into chitin raw
- 06
Distribution via B2B buyers, shop and factory outlet
Products and Processes
Yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
Base organism of the breeding for protein meal, dried insects and live feed animals.
Insect protein meal
Protein raw material with beneficial fatty acids and minerals for human and medical animal nutrition.
Organic end substrate
Natural, dry and odour-neutral complete NPK fertiliser with trace elements.
Chitin-containing beetle shells
Raw material for chitosan in medicine, biotechnology, cosmetics, textile and paper industries as well as water treatment.
Site
Roggentin
DEProduction, factory outlet, administration
- Materials
- Yellow mealworm, insect protein meal, end substrate, chitin
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 2017
The idea originated in a project assignment at the University of Rostock
- 2019
EXIST start-up scholarship
- 2020
Founding of INOVA Protein GmbH by Christian Baudisch, Ahmed Hussein and Raijana Schiemann (June 2020); award in the Gesundheitswirtschaft ideas competition with EUR 200,000 in funding
- 2021
Construction start of the production hall; 1st place on the Business Punk watchlist; winner of the INNO AWARD
- 2022
Completion of the 720 m² production hall